Real Story Behind Hegseth "Double Tap" Reporting, and Katie Miller vs. Abby Phillip Throwdown, with Mark Halperin | Ep. 1203

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Mark Halperin, host of "Next Up," to talk about the "second strike" reporting on Sec. Pete Hegseth and the drug boats, the infighting and tension among the GOP and MAGA right now, a brutal new report about FBI Director Kash Patel's vanity by the NY Post's Miranda Devine, what the story shows about the state of the Trump administration, hypocrisy from the left and media when it comes to Obama's drone strikes vs. drug boat "double tap" reporting, the backstory to the Hegseth story, Trump "permanently" pausing migration after the National Guard shooting, the significance of the immigration action, Tim Walz doing damage control after the New York Times reporting on Minnesota Somali fraud, the meltdown over Trump calling him "retarded," the cable news battle between Katie Miller and Abby Phillip on CNN, the reaction from Michael Douglas over his son arguing with Scott Jennings, hateful comments from Jennifer Welch, and more. Subscribe to Mark's show Next Up: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-up-with-mark-halperin/id1810218232 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2f0n8G4xqUo8aGxbbbtRjH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nextuphalperin?sub_confirmation=1 Hallow: Download Hallow for free for 3 months at https://hallow.com/megyn Masa Chips: Ready to give MASA or Vandy a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to http://masachips.com/MK and using code MK. SelectQuote: Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS. Save more than 50% at https://selectquote.com/MEGYN Geviti: Go to https://gogeviti.com/megyn and get 20% off with code MEGYN.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:12.2	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show and happy Monday. I hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving.
0:19.6	We did. It was like the real Thanksgiving,
0:22.0	but it felt like the fake Thanksgiving because we already had our fakesgiving with our extended
0:25.7	family. And so it was super easy. We actually went out to this lovely restaurant and somebody
0:30.0	else cooked, which, you know, for my family, that's a gift to us all. Caught a little bit of a
0:34.9	cold, but I'm on the mend. and now we are back with a packed show.
0:39.8	I'm so excited. It's December. For those of you who are listening, we have in the Red Studio now,
0:44.6	our Christmas trees, our white, like, well, they're green Christmas trees with fake snow all over
0:50.1	them and little white blinky lights. It makes me so happy. We have our Christmas decorations up
0:55.2	already. I wonder if you do too. Doesn't it just improve your mood? Here in Connecticut tomorrow,
1:00.8	we're supposed to get some snow. Oh, I miss snow. At heart, I'm just a Syracuse girl. That's where I live
1:07.4	the first 10 years in my life. I miss snow and sledding. I love Christmas. I know you do too. So
1:14.0	let's take a moment on this December 1st. You only get some 80 to 90 to 100 of them if you're lucky in your
1:20.3	life. And enjoy the most wonderful time of the year. And no, it is not too early to play the Christmas carols.
1:28.8	Even my boys had to admit I'm allowed to play them now. Okay, just before we went to
1:34.8	break, a group of Democrats dubbed the seditious six by the Trump administration released a video,
1:41.5	urging military members to disobey orders they think are illegal. It came out of nowhere.
1:47.6	No one, even the left-wing press, started asking questions about this. No one knew, what the hell are
1:52.7	the orders that they're talking about? And they didn't know. These lawmakers got embarrassed
1:56.8	repeatedly thinking that the media would just go along with this. Like, of course, it's Trump,
2:01.3	so he's issued illegal orders. They didn't. And it got to the point where even Caroline Levitt
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